friday

thru 2/15: days of being maggie cheung: metrograph (les) presents a 10-film maggie cheung retrospective, including as tears go by, comrades: an almost love story, days of being wild, police story, and a new 4k restoration of green snake. $18. >>

thru 2/7: master drawings new york: celebrating its 20th anniversary, the master drawings new york festival brings together 36 international exhibitors presenting works on paper from the 15th century to today, plus paintings, photographs, and sculpture at more than two dozen galleries on the upper east side. additional programming includes behind-the-scenes tours, lectures, and workshops. free admission. >>

thru sun (fri 1-6pm, sat 11am-6pm, sun 11am-5pm): manhattan vintage clothing show: winter edition: the semi-annual manhattan vintage clothing show returns to metropolitan pavilion (chelsea) with over 100 dealers spanning a range of eras and price points. $25 general, $20 students. >>

thru sun (fri + sat 8pm, sat + sun 3pm): 51st annual thunderbird american indian dancers’ pow-wow and dance concert: the thunderbird american indian dancers, new york’s oldest resident native american dance company, presents an evening of dances, stories, and traditional music from indigenous peoples of the northeast, southwest, and great plains. performances representing 10+ tribes will be introduced and explained by director and emcee louis mofsie (hopi/winnebago), and native-made crafts and jewelry will be sold in the lobby. all proceeds from the events will go to scholarship funds for native american students. theater for the new city (east village), $20 general, $1 children’s matinées. >>

thru sun: paying for it: quad cinema (greenwich village) hosts screenings of paying for it, sook-yin lee’s adaptation of chester brown’s 2011 graphic novel. lee and brown will be in attendance for post-screening q+as, with guest moderators filmmaker john lee (fri 7:30pm), actor and activist elliot page (sat 7:30pm), and writer/director jordan tannahill (sun 1:45pm). $18 general, $16 seniors. >>

fri 7pm: tale storytelling show: harmon leon (this american life, the new yorker) hosts an evening of performances by some of the city’s best storytellers, including kona morris, drew prochaska, di cai, and joey novick. the red room at kgb bar (east village), save $7 online with promo code ‘discountskint’ or if you mention the skint at the door (reg. $15). two-drink minimum. >>

fri 7:30pm: wild pink: nyc-based indie roots band wild pink returns to lincoln center as part of the songwriters/storytellers series at the david rubenstein atrium (uws). free admission. >>

fri 8pm: laugh it off comedy show: laugh your troubles away as comedians attempt to ‘fix’ audience-submitted problems. byob permitted. melrose podcasts (east village), $16. >>

fri 8:30pm: bitches brew comedy show: this women-produced and-hosted comedy show conjures up big laughs in the back room of halyards (gowanus). tonight’s performers include maddy kelly, meka mo, dean david, mia fatih hammond, and danya trommer. free admission (a tip jar will be passed around at the end of the show). >>

fri 9pm: take me to your best friend’s house: an indie sleaze dance party: dance to indie rock, dance-punk, and britpop bands like justice, mgmt, phoenix, the knife, the rapture, the strokes, yeah yeah yeahs, and more at electric ’77’s indie sleaze dance party. alphaville (bushwick), free admission. >>

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Ballet Flats For Dinner is an autobiographical show written and performed by Bridget McGuire. A mix of stand-up and storytelling, Ballet Flats tells the story of McGuire’s life growing up with intrusive thoughts with harm, a form of OCD. From thinking she was pregnant at age 11, to wondering if she killed her friend’s boyfriend at 25, to finally getting help at 38, Ballet Flats will have you laughing the entire time and perhaps you’ll walk away wondering, “Do I have OCD too?” (Don’t worry, you probably don’t).

Bridget’s show has been hailed as “a flat-out delight, not only because wow, it’s just so good to laugh, but because of how light her touch is in sharing a part of her life that involves a good share of difficulty” (actor Peter Hermann).

Patrick B McGrath, Ph.D., Chief Clinical Officer, for NOCD, says, “you will laugh, you may cry, and you will definitely be a better person after you see it. As someone who has treated OCD for over 25 years, I can highly recommend this show as both an amazing piece of comedy as well as an excellent challenge to stigma and misinformation about OCD.”

Thursday – Sunday, February 5 – 8

Ballet Flats For Dinner
Soho Playhouse
15 Vandam St., New York, NY 10013

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saturday

sat 2-4pm: love positive women: letter-writing party: visual aids invites you to help write valentines to 600+ women around the world living with hiv. part of a global series using valentine’s day to create acts of care and connection for women living with hiv, this annual project pairs community-written letters with special-edition valentines by artists j. hartz and alexander robateau. all letters and valentines will be mailed in time for february 14. third floor of moma ps1 (lic), free admission. >>

sat 4pm: the legend of you: the personalized improvised adventure: musical improv meets fantasy adventure meets your latest therapy session in ‘the legend of you: the personalized improvised adventure.’ each performance kicks off with an everyday problem shared by an audience member, which the cast transforms into an epic quest packed with bespoke monsters, magical treasures, and a big bad villain. caveat (les), $18.76 with promo code ‘newyou’ (reg. $30-35). >>

sat 7pm: bad movie night brooklyn: maximum overdrive: sit back and revel in the badness of stephen king’s only directorial effort, maximum overdrive (1986). the twisted spine bookstore + café (williamsburg), free admission. >>

sat 7pm doors: colleen green + cassie ramone: indie singers/songwriters colleen green and cassie ramone wrap their east coast tour with a night at alphaville (bushwick). $11.33. >>

sat 8pm: locrian chamber players: music from the past decade: the locrian chamber players, a chamber group devoted exclusively to performing music less than a decade old, present a concert of works by both established and emerging composers at riverside church (morningside heights). a reception will follow. free admission. >>

sat 8pm: pataphysics audiovisual concert series: sink into a multi-sensory scene at the latest installment of delight factory’s pataphysics audiovisual concert series, pairing ambient and downtempo music and visuals by todd polenberg, joshue ott, ezekiel honig, sean smith, and sabina hahn. delight factory (ocean hill), $20. >>

sat 8pm: little earthquakes drag tribute show: experience tori amos’ little earthquakes, drag-style, as mx. ology, c’était bontemps, god complex, xana whoria, mystery, and mauve interpret the album in its entirety. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $20.09 adv, $25 door. >>

sunday

sun 12-6pm: pleased to meet you presents: objects of affection valentine’s market: browse a curated lineup of small businesses selling homewares, jewelry, vintage clothing, candles, floral bouquets, and tchotchkes. plus: sip complimentary drinks, get an astrology reading, and enter a raffle benefiting the anti-violence project. rosa new york (williamsburg), free admission. >>

sun 2pm: heated rivalry look alike contest: head to washington square park’s fountain for a look-alike showdown in search of nyc’s best shane hollander and ilya rozanov doppelgängers. cheer on the contestants, bask in some very specific thirst-trap energy, and help crown a winner with a $50 cash prize. washington square park (greenwich village), free admission. rescheduled from 1/25 due to weather. >>

sun 2pm: the broadway bach ensemble: winter concert: the broadway bach ensemble, a community orchestra that presents four free concerts of music from the 16th to the 21st centuries each year, continues its 41st season with an afternoon program featuring works by emilie mayer, claude debussy, samuel coleridge-taylor, and erich wolfgang korngold at the broadway presbyterian church (morningside heights). >>

sun 3pm: regina opera’s winter gala concert: brooklyn’s regina opera kicks off 2026 with a two-hour concert of opera favorites performed by soprano Jennifer Moore, mezzo-soprano Junyue Gong, baritone Handong Fu, tenors Oswaldo Iraheta and Paolo Buffagni, and pianist Catherine Miller. our lady of perpetual help auditorium (sunset park). $15. >>

sun 4pm (+ 2/5 7pm): the harlem chamber players’ annual black history month concerts: the harlem chamber players presents a pair of black history month concerts at brooklyn public library – central library (sun) and cuny’s aaron davis hall (2/5). free admission. >>

sun 6-10pm: rise of phil: a groundhog day eve event: dress to impress and for your guess on early spring or late winter at this viewing party where groundhog day will be playing on repeat. purgatory (bushwick), free admission. >>

sun 7pm + 8pm: the grammy awards watch parties:
► 7pm: arlo hotel williamsburg’s mirror bar: bonus: complimentary welcome drink. free admission. >>
► 8pm: brooklyn art haus (williamsburg): $10 admission will go towards your bar/food tab. >>

sun 8:30pm: improv with my friends from work: ceara jane o’sullivan (snl) hosts a long-form improv show with cast and writers from saturday night live. ucb (east village), $15 adv, $20 day of. >>

monday

mon thru 2/27: romancing the dead: nitehawk cinema presents a screening series devoted to love stories ‘where passion survives decay, where longing outlives the body, and where love is powerful enough to cross the ultimate divide’: blithe spirit, bride of frankenstein, frankenhooker, ghost, let the right one in, only lovers left alive, return of the living dead iii, the ghost and mrs. muir, the hunger, thirst, and more. williamsburg and prospect park locations. various prices. >>

mon (various times): groundhog day: regal union square screens harold ramis’ 1993 classic, starring bill murray, andie macdowell, chris elliott, and stephen tobolowsky. $7.99. >>

mon 7pm (monthly): biology on tap: bio and beer blend at the biology on tap speaker series, featuring talks, trivia, and prizes. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free admission ($5 suggested donation). >>

mon 7pm (monthly): living radio: contemporary radio drama, with a revisionist twist: living radio stages live performances of five short radio plays inspired by the news, with results ranging from wacky to reflective. under st. marks (greenwich village), sliding scale admission. >>

mon 7:30pm: belt: a musical theatre karaoke experience – hamilton edition: belt musical theatre karaoke night is back in nyc for a full sing-through of hamilton. grab the mic solo, as a duet, or in a group while everyone sings-along. once hamilton ends, the night continues with open musical theatre karaoke. madame x (greenwich village), save $5 with promo code ‘hamx’ >>

mon 7:30pm: not a boy, not a girl comedy show: will morrison hosts an lgbtq+ comedy/variety show at crystal lake (williamsburg). tonight’s lineup features comedians glo butler, amanda melhuish, anshita koul, jo wild, and dian cathal, and a drag performer janae saisquoi. $10. >>

mon 7:30pm (monthly): miss manhattan non-fiction reading series: ‘getting fresh’ edition: elyssa goodman and r.c. gstaad iii’s monthly showcase returns with an evening of true tales of sex and dating from writers kyla marshell (the guardian), emily leibert (the cut), elliot frances flynn (the offing), michaella sangiolo (frontier poetry), and kate warrington (pangyrus). niagara bar (east village), free admission. >>

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One-Day-Sale: $30 Performances at Carnegie Hall

From rare symphonic masterworks to New York premieres, there is a performance for everyone this February at Carnegie Hall.

Today only, get $30 tickets ($25 + $5 fee) for two upcoming concerts using promo code SKN55478.* Purchase online, over the phone (212-247-7800), or at the Box Office on 57th and Seventh (11 AM – 6 PM).

Yannick Nézet-Séguin by George Etheredge, Isabel Leonard by Sergio Kurhajec

The Met Orchestra
Wednesday, February 4 at 8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Hear Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, Bernstein’s spirited Fancy Free, and Metropolitan Opera star Isabel Leonard sings a West Side Story favorite and Barber’s gorgeous Knoxville: Summer of 1915.

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Joyce DiDonato with Time for Three by Lorenzo Cisi

Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Time for Three
Emily–No Prisoner Be
Thursday, February 19 at 8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Witness the New York premiere of Emily–No Prisoner Be, a semi-staged song cycle based on—and featuring—the poetry of Emily Dickinson.

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*This offer is valid Wednesday, January 28 from 11 AM–11:59 PM (Eastern). Limit eight tickets per purchase. Some limitations may apply. Offer is subject to availability and prior sale, is not valid on prior purchases, and cannot be combined with any other discounts or promotions. Valid online, by phone, or at the Box Office. No refunds or exchanges. Internet and phone orders are subject to standard convenience fees.

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tuesday

thru 1/29: nominees on the big screen: if you’d like to catch the academy’s best picture nominees on the big screen, village east by angelika is showing a handful of them for just $5: hamnet, marty supreme, the secret agent, blue moon, sinners, one battle after another, and bugonia. >>

tues 6pm: miller theater’s pop-up concert series: the columbia university school of the arts’s musical happy hour returns for a new season of hour-long concerts where the audience is permitted to sit onstage with the performers and enjoy a free drink. this week, trinket ensemble (flute, guitar, violin, cello) makes its debut. columbia university’s miller theatre (morningside heights), free admission. >>

tues 7pm (monthly): we love a theme: a storytelling show: a lineup of performers tell funny, heartwarming, and cringe-inducing tales at bailey swilley’s monthly storytelling show. tonight’s ‘written in the stars’ theme features amanda gordon, shawn musgrave, valarie walker, and aida zilelian. pete’s candy store (williamsburg), free ($5 suggested donation). >>

tues 7pm: the vinyl word music book club: dive into the 33 1/3 book series at this music-minded book club, where each session spotlights a classic album and the short book written about it. tonight’s pick is radiohead’s kid a with a full album listen followed by themed vinyl dj sets. arlene’s grocery (les), free admission. >>

tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 2/24): union pool’s fouth annual free tuesdays: union pool’s annual free tuesday concert series is back for another winter season, continuing tonight with drew mcdowall and cube. >>

tues 8pm: live band karaoke at arlene’s grocery: pick your song, grab the mic, and be a star with your very own live band (nakatomi5) backing you up at arlene’s grocery (les). bonus: pre-sale ticket holders are entered in raffles to win drink tickets, skip-the-line song passes, and free admission to future shows. $10 adv, $15 day-of. >>

tues 9pm (monthly): sweet comedy show: ‘sweet games’ edition: seth herzog’s long-running comedy show returns with it’s annual ‘sweet games,’ where improvisers compete in comedy-related events for a panel of celeb judges. tonight’s judges include josh charles (best medicine), david krumholtz (the santa claus), cara buono (stranger things), and tariq trotter (the roots). the stand west (chelsea), $15. >>

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The Makers’ Ensemble presents:

SALVAGE

by Aspen Narain
Directed by Lizzie Leach

Auburn’s been reluctantly assigned the family task of taking her little sister Stella and her friends on a camping trip. Stella believes she knows Auburn’s secret. Jude is a control freak, and Peyton is smarter than Jude. Rowan’s along for the ride. So when one of them goes missing, the group must band together and uncover the secrets about their environment (and themselves) before it’s too late. SALVAGE starts out as a low toned, raw staged reading and within minutes quickly develops into a full staged horror picture.

SALVAGE features a dynamic ensemble of performers with bold voices in contemporary theater, and some of the most exciting new talent in the NYC theater scene- Aspen Narain, Emi Lulley, Esteban Chamorro, Emily Pazmino, and Simone Batiste.

Limited Run: February 4 – 15

The Makers’ Space
281 N. 7th St., Brooklyn, NY 11211

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wednesday

sponsored: weds 7pm: selected shorts: o. henry prize stories with edward p. jones at symphony space: pulitzer prize–winning author of the known world and guest editor of the 2025 o. henry prize stories edward p. jones presents an evening of fiction curated from his selections for this year’s prestigious anthology. join us as stars of stage and screen perform stories from this mixtape of literary gems. featuring readings by yetide badaki (star trek: strange new worlds), sonia manzano (alma’s way), and morgan spector (the gilded age)! take great stories by well-known and emerging writers, add captivating actors of stage and screen, and you have selected shorts—unforgettable nights of literature in performance. skint readers can get a $20 tier 2 ticket using code: ‘henry’ (a $38 value) >>

weds 7pm: that show with chris gethard: comedian and writer chris gethard hosts a variety show featuring seasoned comedy vets experimenting, newcomers, and a live band. tonight’s show features kurt braunholer, maria randazzo, angel yau, dave ross, bada swing, kento morita, and more. ucb (east village). $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

weds 7:30pm: we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur team up to bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (south slope), with stand-up by jill weiner, emily walsh, christian conti, kat moore, and shivani davé. free admission. >>

weds 8pm (monthly): ditmas lit: a diverse range of fiction writers, storytellers, poets, and essayists share their work at the ditmas lit series, returning to the urbane arts club (ditmas park) with simona blat (élan vital), caroline hagood (weird girls: writing the art monster), francisco márquez (best american poetry), keith newton (revolutions among us), and guest host ben lasman. free admission. >>

weds 8pm: the moth storyslam: the popular community-based open mic storytelling competition, where anyone can share a five-minute tale based on the evening’s theme to an attentive audience, returns to the bell house (gowanus). tonight’s theme: ‘rush.’ $19.65. >>

weds 8:30pm: comedy on kingston: the comedy on kingston show returns with a night of stand up featuring cipha sounds, salma zaky, talib babb, stephon hightower, and daddy. hosted by nolawee. salon on kingston (crown heights), $15. >>

weds 9:30pm: nyc college comedy night at ucb: four comedy teams from colleges all around the city take the upright citizen brigade stage. tess restaino and patricia lee. ucb (east village), $10 general, $5 with college id. >>

thursday

thurs thru 4/27 (closed tuesdays + wednesdays): pat oleszko: fool disclosure: sculpturecenter (lic) presents the first nyc solo exhibition in over 35 years of pat oleszko. the show fills both floors of the space with dozens of large-scale inflatable works, costumes, films, and more. opening reception 1/29 6-8pm. free admission. >>

thurs 3pm: free gnocchi: gnocchi on 9th celebrates national gnocchi day with free gnocchi alla vodka with burrata for the first 200 guests at its new kips bay location. ($6 after if you show them this instagram post) >>

thurs 6:15pm: ice theatre of new york: 2025-26 city skate pop-up performances: ice theatre of new york’s annual ice dance performance series returns to public outdoor skating rinks for the fall-winter season. tonight: wollman rink (central park). free admission. >>

thurs 6:30pm: winging it: an open mic night at lofty pigeon books: share your script, your poem, your music, your jokes, or just your support at this open mic night held at kensington’s lofty pigeon books, hosted by comedian, performer, author, and new yorker cartoonist emily flake. light refreshments will be served, and attendees will save 10% on store purchases. free admission. >>

thurs 7pm: black dahlia: murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury hollywood: novelist, biographer, and hollywood historian william j. mann (tinseltown: murder, morphine, and madness at the dawn of hollywood) presents his new account of the unsolved 1947 black dahlia murder, sharing his theories about who killed elizabeth short after five years of research. powerhouse arena (dumbo), $5 admission includes a store gift certificate, $34 ticket option includes a copy of the book. >>

thurs 7pm: emdash (oral)ity poetry reading: emdash, a bi-monthly poetry events calendar, hosts a poetry night with a social twist. between featured readers, attendees pair up with someone they’ve never met and read a poem aloud to each other (bring your own, pick a favorite, or choose from poems provided at the door). bonus: free wine and espresso martinis. river office (bushwick), free admission. >>

thurs 7pm (bimonthly): the dead ladies show nyc: the bimonthly dead ladies show features presentations on three deceased dames who made an impact on the world during their lifetimes. tonight’s subjects: belle moskowitz, a political operator who ran new york from the shadows; pearl s. buck, a writer who lived between cultures and thought seriously about power, responsibility, and belonging; and janis joplin, a rocker who turned frustration into music that still holds up. the private curtain at kgb (les), $10 adv, $15 door. >>

thurs 7pm (monthly): not in my backyard! a political comedy roundtable: a panel of opinionated nyc comedians, journalists, and politicians debate the local issues causing drama in your neighborhood’s facebook group. hosted by cody lindquist (colbert) and charlie todd (improv everywhere), with panelists chandler dean (abolish everything!), tim donnelly (the new york groove), and glo tavarez (ucb). each show will also include a pop quiz on nyc knowledge. ucb (east village), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>

thurs 7pm (monthly): golden spiral comedy show: at mindy raf and katie compa’s golden spiral comedy show, stand-up set lengths follow the fibonacci sequence (5, 8, 13, and 21 minutes each). tonight’s show at whiskey cellar nyc (east village) features james tom, marla alpert, max wittert, yemi afolabi, and jim tews. advance ticket purchase includes a raffle ticket for a free drink. a limited number of tickets are available for $7.18 with promo code ‘skintspiral’ (reg. $10.38+). >>

thurs 7:30pm: the love show with saundra lezzenbaum: ‘america’s queen of hearts’ saundra lezzenbaum answers your burning love questions at this variety show featuring special guests, interactive games, love songs, and ‘love lezzons.’ madame x (greenwich village), save $5 with promo code ‘solved’ >>

thurs 8pm: shibuya69: new year neo gal: shibuya69 (eurobeat jenny and camila) brings the eurobeat to wonderville (bushwick), free admission (donations welcome). >>

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